That doesn't mean, though, that we can't speculate what it would take for the Red Sox to pull off a deal that the Pirates would accept. If one American League executive's estimate

It may seem unthinkable to trade arguably the best pitcher in baseball who is just 22 years old, hasn't even hit arbitration and has four-plus seasons of team control remaining on his contract, but the Pittsburgh Pirates would certainly get a haul if they did decide to move Paul Skenes.

The Chicago Cubs land Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes with a blockbuster trade package in this hypothetical.